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Pre-Ivy games test team resolve

Pre-Ivy games test team resolve

The men?s and women?s soccer teams find themselves at similar junctures early in the season, with both looking to build momentum heading into Ivy League play.This weekend, the men?s soccer team (1-2 overall) travels to the Windy City, where it will take on two nationally ranked teams.

SPORTS | 09/18/2008

Frustrating loss serves as motivation

After its first loss of the season came in devastating fashion ? a 3-2 double-overtime loss to No.

SPORTS | 09/18/2008

Region's best face off against Princeton

After a tough outing at the Princeton Invitational, the men?s water polo team heads up to Harvard for the ECAC championship this weekend.

SPORTS | 09/18/2008

Grace under pressure: Callahan keeps his cool

When standout linebackers Tim Boardman ?08 and Doori Song ?08 walked out of FitzRandolph Gate in June, the Princeton linebacking corps was left with large shoes to fill.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

On tap with senior midfielder Jen Om

Q: What was your welcome-to-college moment?A: In one of the first games my freshman year, I went up for a header and got knocked out and had to get seven stitches in the back of my head.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

Breaking into the boys club: Wood suits up

Correction appendedMeet sophomore Tess Wood. A former crew standout at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla., Wood came to Princeton looking for something new and exciting in the way of sports.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

Marsch ’96 in MLS

As a player in his 13th season of Major League Soccer, Jesse Marsch ?96 is considered a veteran in the world of American professional soccer.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

If you want a bonfire, show up at games

Over the last 12 months, I have fielded one question with surprising regularity: ?Are we going to get another bonfire this year??And my answer is often as slick as head coach Roger Hughes?.Hughes will tell you the Ivy League is filled with parity: anyone can beat anyone on any given day.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

I worked at ESPN ... and you didn’t

What would your dream summer job be? Selling your soul to The Man in I-banking or consulting? Serving as a ?community organizer?? As your friendly neighborhood Princetonian sports editor, and a huge sports fan, there was only one for me. ESPN.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

Anderson steps from sideline to spotlight

Princeton head coach Roger Hughes was getting angry.It was less than 10 days until the Tigers? season opener, and the two-minute offense had stalled at the 30-yard line.After senior quarterback Brian Anderson overlooked a wide open receiver on fourth and two, Hughes had seen enough, stopping practice with an enraged outburst that reminded everyone on the field that no one, not even the quarterback, is safe from critique.Anderson absorbed the criticism and got back under center.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

Coping with question marks

When offensive coordinator Dave Rackovan was asked to pinpoint the key to Princeton?s offense this season, he gave a definitive answer.?The bottom line will be this,? Rackovan said.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

Trio triumphant in the trenches

Three years ago, Tom Methvin, Pete Buchignani and Matt Koch arrived on campus as complete strangers, linked only by their hulking frames and talent for football.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

Inexperienced secondary puts pressure on D-line, linebackers to perform above expectations

When the Tiger defense takes the field for the first time this season, opponents won?t have any doubts about where to attack.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

2008 Football Preview

The Daily Princetonian gives Tiger fans an in-depth look at the 2008 Princeton football team. From overviews of the offense and defense to a look at what makes the D-line such a force to be reckoned with, look no further than our special football preview.

SPORTS | 09/17/2008

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